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90% -- premium user share of total revenue for Spotify (2025)
On Spotify, premium users account for 90% of total revenue.
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90%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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B
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Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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musicdemo.org
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https://www.musicdemo.org/blog/music-streaming-payouts ↗
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Spotify: 90% premium user share of total revenue. Source: musicdemo.org (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/spotify-premium-users-revenue-share-2025
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